The Provost division leads and supports the development, delivery and excellence of the University's curriculum, student experience and scholarly information services. It has responsibility for the implementation and coordination of the Melbourne Model, the Melbourne Student Services Model and Melbourne's Scholarly Information Future.
Professor John Dewar is Provost, a position he took up in September 2009. He was previously Deputy Vice Chancellor (Global Relations) at the University of Melbourne from April to September 2009.
Professor Dewar is an internationally known family law specialist. A graduate of the University of Oxford, he taught at the Universities of Lancaster and Warwick from 1981 to 1988, and worked for the London law firm Allen & Overy from 1988-1990. More...
The word 'provost' comes from the post-classical Latin term propositus and its use to describe a head of a college or university was first recorded c.1547 in Britain [reference]. The provost was generally a person appointed to preside over, or superintend an institution as the representative of its head.
At the University of Melbourne, the Provost is the Chief Academic Officer, acting as a deputy to the University Vice Chancellor.
2009 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Awards for University Teaching Announced
In 2009 the University of Melbourne has had another successful year in Learning and Teaching with a number of staff receiving ALTC awards and citations for their longstanding contributions to the quality of student learning.
See the Teaching Awards page for further information.
Learning and Teaching Intiatives Grants 2010
Applications for the 2010 Learning and Teaching Initiatives Grants are now closed. Successful recipients will be advised by 26 October, 2009.